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8 Positive Female Role Models in Music 27 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
Sex has been used to sell music almost since music became a commercial enterprise. From the shaking of Elvis's hips, to Madonna's "Sex" book, to Miley Cyrus doing all manner of gratuitous things with ...
Charlie Worsham’s “Rubberband” May Win Him a Wide Audience 27 Aug 2013 | 02:32 am
There's nothing I value more than a mainstream country music record that bucks all trends and is truly worth your ear. Enter Charlie Worsham and his debut album Rubberband that is being lauded by many...
Michael Jackson Montgomery Releases Single For Miley Cyrus 26 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
Its the day after MTV put on its annual Video Music Awards, and the internet is buzzing with Miley Cyrus talk after the former child star put on a raunchy, sexually-explicit performance as part of the...
We Lose Linda Ronstadt’s Voice 26 Aug 2013 | 06:28 am
This news of Linda Ronstadt losing her voice due to Parkinson's Disease seems like an especially sinister storyline. What a cruel machination of mother nature to rob a woman of her one defining gift w...
Larry & His Flask Guide The Yearning Soul “By The Lamplight” 25 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
Larry & His Flask is an interesting music specimen. The biggest advice I could give to an underground roots band right now would be, "Get away from underground roots if you want to grow," and Larry & ...
Hank3 Says “Brothers of the 4×4″ is a Traditional Country Record 24 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Over the last few years, country fans have come to expect a mixed bag from Hank3, whose veered more towards punk and heavy metal as time has gone on. His first two albums became staples of the early 2...
Sturgill Simpson on Playing The Grand Ole Opry 23 Aug 2013 | 05:28 am
Tomorrow night (Friday 8/23), up-and-coming country music star Sturgill Simpson will be making his debut on the hallowed Grand Ole Opry stage. Introducing him will be Marty Stuart. Sturgill's Opry deb...
Sammy Kershaw: Randy Travis Has Developed Pneumonia in Rehab 22 Aug 2013 | 11:25 pm
Over the last few days, rumors have been swirling that Randy Travis has contracted pneumonia while in a Dallas-area rehab facility, recovering from a recent stroke he had while being treated for a hea...
2013: The Year of the Songwriter 22 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
Everywhere in the independent music world you're seeing songwriters who have struggled for years finally starting to get singed to record labels and releasing career-caliber albums. Whereas other sect...
Review – Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” Slowed Down to 33 RPM 20 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
I don't know if it's a bigger commentary on the state of social networking, or the serious depravity of truly meaningful modern songs that the most talked-about country music composition in the last w...